By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Tennessee environmental officials have decided not to impose any fines against Linde Inc. despite the fact that the company exceeded emission limits at its Midway facility 129 times in a nine month period.
Linde Inc., which produces liquifide carbon dioxide, was cited in September for the violations which occured on cooling towers the company uses in its manufacturing operations.
In a letter sent today to Linde, Kevin McLain of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, said TDEC's technical secretary had decided not to impose any fines because of new information provided to the agency.
"Please be advised that the technical secretary may be less lenient of any future violations," the letter states.
The violations occurred from Jan. 30 2020 and Oct. 30, 2020, according to the TDEC letter.
Subsequent to the violations,TDEC loosened the emission limits and no further violations were recorded. The daily average limit of 803.5 microsiemens was increased effective Oct. 14, 2021 to 7,100 microsiemens.
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